Youth, 14, Held in Grandparents’ Slaying
Associated Press
LINCOLN, Ill. — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with shooting his grandparents to death in an argument about his tardiness at school, authorities said.
After the boy got a letter from school about his chronic tardiness, his grandfather confronted him, Logan County State’s Atty. Timothy J. Huyett said Friday.
“The boy thought it was insulting and got the gun,” Huyett said.
Keith Cearlock, 61, and his wife, Lila, 59, were shot Thursday night at the home they shared with the boy in Lincoln, about 30 miles from Springfield.
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